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Galatians 3 :: Revised Standard Version (RSV)

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Faith Brings Righteousness

(cf. Rom 4:1–25 )

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Unchecked Copy BoxGal 3:1 - O foolish Galatians! Who has bewitched you, before whose eyes Jesus Christ was publicly portrayed as crucified?

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Unchecked Copy BoxGal 3:2 - Let me ask you only this: Did you receive the Spirit by works of the law, or by hearing with faith?

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Unchecked Copy BoxGal 3:3 - Are you so foolish? Having begun with the Spirit, are you now ending with the flesh?

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Unchecked Copy BoxGal 3:4 - Did you experience so many things in vain?--if it really is in vain.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGal 3:5 - Does he who supplies the Spirit to you and works miracles among you do so by works of the law, or by hearing with faith?

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Unchecked Copy BoxGal 3:6 - Thus Abraham "believed God, and it was reckoned to him as righteousness."

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Unchecked Copy BoxGal 3:7 - So you see that it is men of faith who are the sons of Abraham.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGal 3:8 - And the scripture, foreseeing that God would justify the Gentiles by faith, preached the gospel beforehand to Abraham, saying, "In you shall all the nations be blessed."

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Unchecked Copy BoxGal 3:9 - So then, those who are men of faith are blessed with Abraham who had faith.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGal 3:10 - For all who rely on works of the law are under a curse; for it is written, "Cursed be every one who does not abide by all things written in the book of the law, and do them."

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Unchecked Copy BoxGal 3:11 - Now it is evident that no man is justified before God by the law; for "He who through faith is righteous shall live";

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Unchecked Copy BoxGal 3:12 - but the law does not rest on faith, for "He who does them shall live by them."

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Unchecked Copy BoxGal 3:13 - Christ redeemed us from the curse of the law, having become a curse for us--for it is written, "Cursed be every one who hangs on a tree"--

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Unchecked Copy BoxGal 3:14 - that in Christ Jesus the blessing of Abraham might come upon the Gentiles, that we might receive the promise of the Spirit through faith.

Intent of the Law

(cf. Gen 12:1–3 )

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Unchecked Copy BoxGal 3:15 - To give a human example, brethren: no one annuls even a man's will, or adds to it, once it has been ratified.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGal 3:16 - Now the promises were made to Abraham and to his offspring. It does not say, "And to offsprings," referring to many; but, referring to one, "And to your offspring," which is Christ.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGal 3:17 - This is what I mean: the law, which came four hundred and thirty years afterward, does not annul a covenant previously ratified by God, so as to make the promise void.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGal 3:18 - For if the inheritance is by the law, it is no longer by promise; but God gave it to Abraham by a promise.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGal 3:19 - Why then the law? It was added because of transgressions, till the offspring should come to whom the promise had been made; and it was ordained by angels through an intermediary.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGal 3:20 - Now an intermediary implies more than one; but God is one.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGal 3:21 - Is the law then against the promises of God? Certainly not; for if a law had been given which could make alive, then righteousness would indeed be by the law.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGal 3:22 - But the scripture consigned all things to sin, that what was promised to faith in Jesus Christ might be given to those who believe.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGal 3:23 - Now before faith came, we were confined under the law, kept under restraint until faith should be revealed.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGal 3:24 - So that the law was our custodian until Christ came, that we might be justified by faith.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGal 3:25 - But now that faith has come, we are no longer under a custodian;

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Unchecked Copy BoxGal 3:26 - for in Christ Jesus you are all sons of God, through faith.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGal 3:27 - For as many of you as were baptized into Christ have put on Christ.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGal 3:28 - There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free, there is neither male nor female; for you are all one in Christ Jesus.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGal 3:29 - And if you are Christ's, then you are Abraham's offspring, heirs according to promise.
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